| Short-Spike Chloranthus |
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| Original date | 1/12/20 12:32 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 105.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/100s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D7100 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Sarcandra glabra subsp. brachystachys Family: Chloranthaceae (Chloranthus family)
Synonyms: Chloranthus brachystachys, Chloranthus montanus, Sarcandra hainanensis
Synonyms: Chloranthus brachystachys, Chloranthus montanus, Sarcandra hainanensis
Short-Spike Chloranthus is an evergreen subshrub,
50-150 cm tall. Stems are cylindric, erect, hairless, nodes swollen.
Stipules are subulate; leaf-stalks 0.5-2 cm. Leaf blade elliptic or
broadly elliptic to oblong, 8-20 x 3-8 cm, papery, margin dully
sawtoothed except basally. Inflorescences at branch-ends, usually
branched, in spikes, 1.5-4 cm with flower-cluster-stalks; bracts
triangular or ovate. Flowers are yellowish green. Stamen 1, ovoid;
thecae much shorter than connective. Stigma is minutely spotted. Fruit
is orange-red at maturity, ovoid, about 4 mm, ovoid. Short-Spike
Chloranthus is native to S. India, Sri Lanka, S. China to Indo-China.
Flowering: October-May.
Medicinal uses:
Short-Spike Chloranthus is
used in Chinese folk medicine.
Medicinal uses:
Short-Spike Chloranthus is
used in Chinese folk medicine. | Identification credit: Siddarth Machado | Photographed in Gavi, Kerala. |
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